Andrographis.'] cix. ACANTHACE^S. (C. B. Clarke.) 503 



linear-oblong glabrous, panicle large lax branches 4- winged, sepals pubes- 

 cent or subhirsute, capsule hairy. T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 232, and 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502. Justicia alata, Vahl Enum. i. 139. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Coimbatore, Wight, &c. ; Nilgherries, 

 Gardner. CEYLON ; Thwaites. 



Stems 2-4 ft., annual, erect, glabrous, 4-angular. Leaves 3^ by If in., somewhat 

 suddenly attenuate into the petiole, conspicuously lineolate above ; upper leaves few, 

 distant, narrow. Panicle often 15 in. diam. ; branches glabrous; pedicels -^ in., 

 pubescent. Sepals - in., bristle- pointed, pubescent oi\ very hairy. Corolla - in., 

 hairy, white with pink spots ; tube curved, linib Obscurely 2-lipped. Anthers 

 exserted ; filaments subglabrous. Capsule 1 by | in., compressed. Seeds osseous, 

 glabrous, not compressed. Perhaps only a variety of A. elongata. The panicle being 

 large, the examples of the old collectors show only the panicle with the reduced 

 narrow leaves belonging thereto ; and the descriptions of Vahl, Nees and T. Ander- 

 son do not describe the proper cauline leaves. 



7. A. stenophylla, Clarice ; glabrous, cauline leaves linear, racemes 

 lax, flowers nearly all pedicelled, capsule glabrous. 



COIMBATORE ; Wight (Herb. Propr. n. 2245). 



Rootstock woody ; annual stems from its crown numerous, erect and diffuse, 

 quadrangular. Leaves 1-1 by |-^ in. ; raphides or obscure. Racemes 2-5 in., 

 axillary and terminal, not distinctly panicled, the upper leaves being nearly similar 

 to the cauline ; pedicels mostly nearly as long as the calyx. Sepals in., linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous or very nearly so. Corolla nearly as of A. paniculata. Capsule 

 by in., compressed. 



8. A. Wigrhtiana, Arn. ex Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 517 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves subsessile lanceolate, racemes lax few-fld., pedicels sometimes as long 

 as the calyx, corolla in. conspicuously 2-lipped, capsule glabrous. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1558. A. gracilis, Nees 1. c. 516 ; T. Anders, in Journ, Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 503. Bheede Sort. Mai. ix. t. 44. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallum and Anamallay Forests, Wight ; Mysore, G. 

 Thomson ; Mangalore, HohenacJcer ; Travancore and Tinnevelly Ghauts, Beddome. 



Stems elongate, diffuse, lax, quadrangular, glabrous, or thinly obscurely glandular- 

 hairy. Leaves attaining 3 by 1 in., subovate, base obtuse rarely cordate, glabrous 

 minutely lineolate above rarely obscurely scabrid puberulous; petiole 0-^ in. 

 Racemes 2-4 in., weak, glabrous or rarely minutely glandular-hairy ; lower pedicels 

 sometimes in. Sepals i in., sublinear, lineolate, glabrous. Corolla purplish, spotted 

 on the lower lip ; lips ^ in. Anthers exserted, slightly bearded at the base; filaments 

 setulose. Capsule |-1 by - in. Authentic examples only differ from A. gracilis 

 in the few thin glandular hairs scattered on the upper part of the stem and panicle. 

 That Nees understood the same plant as Arnott and Wight is clear from his saying 

 that in his A. Wightiana the calyx was glabrous. 



9. A. macrobotrys, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 516 ; sparingly pubes- 

 cent, leaves very short-petioled oblong-lanceolate, racemes elongate, sepals 

 glandular-hairy, corolla in. conspicuously 2-lipped, capsule glabrous. A. 

 Wightiana, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 232, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 502, not of Nees. 



MTS. of S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Mangalore, Hohenaclcer ; Anamallays and 

 Pulneys, Beddome. CEYLON ; Macrae, &c. 



Leaves 3 by f in. ; base cuneate or rhomboid, not rounded ; nerves beneath often 

 puberulous ; petiole 0- in. Racemes 6-8 in. or more, glandular-hairy, often 1-2- 

 branched. Corolla and capsule exactly as of A. Wiyhtiana. Very near A. 

 Wightiana ; but dries blacker, and has the leaves not widest at the base. 



VAR. parvifolia ; leaves 1-1 in. A. ceylanica, Nees I. c. 518; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 502, not of Wight. Ceylon ; Walker. 



